There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre. -- Nancy Meyers
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I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.
It's not where you start - it's where you finish that counts.
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
There are better things in life than alcohol, but alcohol makes up for not having them.